Borrowdale 18th April

Checked out Eagel Crag this morning. But I'm not sure this crag gets much traffic these day. I attempted a climb but backed off due to the amount of Lichen.

We headed down to Bleak How Crag.

Me and Nathan climbed

Reiver HVS 4c
Brush Off HVS 4c
Bleak How Buttress E2 5c

Fab weather, great climbing.

Sergeant Crag Slabs 13th April

Monday was spent climbing at a busy Sergeant Crag Slabs.

Me and Nathan did 8 routes

Quicksilver E1
Holly Tree Crack E1
The Death Stroke E1
Terminator 2 HVS
Lakeland Cragsman HVS
Between the Lines E1
Endurance HVS
Aphasia E2


Excellent Crag.







Monday was spent climbing at a busy Seargent Crag Slabs.

Me and Nathan did 8 routes

Quicksilver E1
Holly Tree Crack E1
The Death Stroke E1
Terminator 2 HVS
Lakeland Cragsman HVS
Between the Lines E1
Endurance HVS
Aphasia E2

Langdale 11th April

A afternoon at Gimmer Crag on Saturday.

Me and Nathan Climbed Asterisk MVS, Poacher E1 and Whit's End Direct E1.

John and Steve did Ash Tree Slabs VD and B Route S.

Great day out.

Borrowdale 5th April

Shepherds and Black Crag was busy on Sunday.

Me and Nathan opted for Black Crag which was nice and dry.

We climbed Troutdale Pinnacle Superdirect HVS and Vertigo E2

great day.

Ben Nevis 28th March

Andy, Ali, Nathan and me drove to Fort William on Friday night. Steve had also joined us, driving up from Edinburgh.

Upon emptying the car I realised that I had left my boots at home...F%&"@*

So our planned early start was scuppered by me. Andy had to play his trump card, and managed to pull me out of the shite with some hire boots from one of the outdoor shops.

So, our 05:30 start turned into a 08:45 start!

Nathan, Steve and I headed up to a very hoar frosted Coire Na Ciste for an attempt at Darth Vader VII,8. I started the first hard pitch but with frozen digits, and hard to place gear due to everything being covered in a veneer of ice, we retreated.

To save the day we soloed the first few pitches of Two Step Corner V,5 with Steve leading the main ice pitch.

Andy and Ali had a good time on Green Gully IV,3 which was very busy early on.

Got to be one of the nicest days I've had on the Ben.

21st March Ben Nevis

05:45 start on Saturday morning, and the North Face car park was packed, we were forced to park on the forest road, due to the number of climbers!
We headed up Gardyloo Gully in poor visibility, and with the sound of melting ice crashing down Observatory Buttress, Echo and Indicator wall.

Andy, Nathan and I climbed Smith's Route V,5****

I'd done the original line last year, so we opted for the icicle/ramp variation, all in excellent condition.

We then descended number two gully and did Comb Gully IV,4*** which was also in good condition.

Forgot my Camera, so the images are from 2007

Till next next weekend.






COMB GULLY
INDICATOR WALL AND SMITH'S ROUTE
SMITH'S ROUTE

Aonach Mor 3rd Jan

I met Liam on Friday night, and we decided to head over to Aonach Mor on Saurday morning.

We missed the first Gondola at Nevis range and had to wait till 09:30 for it to run again. With our late start we went over to the North Buttress area to check out Jet Stream direct IV,5 ***

Liam got bombarded with spin drift and ice on the first pitch, from the team above us. Our own fault for not waiting.
Once they had cleared the cornice, my pitch was excellent.

Another top day out in good company.